Alsterdorf

Alsterdorf (German pronunciationⓘ) is a quarter in the Hamburg-Nord borough of the Hamburg, Germany. The name derives from the river Alster and its artificial lakes Außenalster and Binnenalster in the centre of Hamburg. In 2020 the population was 15,227.

Alsterdorf
Quarter of Hamburg
View of the Braband canal.
View of the Braband canal.
Location of Alsterdorf in Hamburg
Alsterdorf is located in Germany
Alsterdorf
Alsterdorf is located in Hamburg
Alsterdorf
Coordinates: 53°36′0″N 10°0′0″E
CountryGermany
StateHamburg
CityHamburg
BoroughHamburg-Nord
Area
 • Total3.1 km2 (1.2 sq mi)
Population
 (2020-12-31)[1]
 • Total15,227
 • Density4,900/km2 (13,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Dialling codes040
Vehicle registrationHH

History

On 9 March 2023, a mass shooting occurred at a Jehovah's Witnesses center on Deelböge Street, killing seven people including the gunman and injuring eight others.[2]

Geography
Front of the former crematorium at the Ohlsdorf cemetery.

In 2006 according to the statistical office of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein, the quarter Alsterdorf has a total area of 3.1 km2 (1 sq mi). The river Alster floating from Northeast to Southwest is the border to the Groß Borstel quarter in the West. In the South Alsterdorf borders to Winterhude quarter. In the East is the Ohlsdorf quarter.

Parts of the large Ohlsdorf Cemetery (Ohlsdorfer Friedhof (in German)) belongs to the quarter Alsterdorf.

Demographics

2006 there were 12,955 people living in Alsterdorf. The population density was 4,232/km2 (10,961/sq mi). 14.2% were children under the age of 18, and 20.2% were 65 years of age or older. 11.6% were resident aliens. 467 people were registered as unemployed.[3]

In 1999 there were 6,508 households, out of which 15.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them and 54.4% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 1.77.[4]

Population by year [3]

1987198819891990199119921993199419951996199719981999
12,45512,48712,55112,56312,52012,44912,62212,57712,47612,20912,02711,84711,827
2000200120022003200420052006
12,18012,37912,48012,72312,82512,87212,955

In 2006 there were 1,283 criminal offences (99 crimes per 1,000 people).[5]

There were 1 elementary school and 2 secondary schools in the quarter Alsterdorf and 30 physicians in private practice and 5 pharmacies.[6]

Politics

These are the results of Alsterdorf in the Hamburg state election:

Election SPD Greens CDU Left FDP AfD Others
2020 38,2 % 26,9 % 12,1 % 07,1 % 06,5 % 04,0 % 05,2 %
2015 48,1 % 12,4 % 15,1 % 05,9 % 09,7 % 05,6 % 04,2 %
2011 39,8 % 12,0 % 22,5 % 04,5 % 08,8 % – 03,4 %
2008 31,4 % 10,7 % 45,7 % 04,8 % 05,7 % – 01,7 %
2004 30,1 % 13,6 % 47,3 % – 04,3 % – 04,7 %
2001 36,7 % 09,2 % 28,8 % 00,1 % 06,3 % – 018,9 %
1997 33,0 % 14,7 % 32,9 % 00,4 % 05,2 % – 013,8 %
1993 37,3 % 14,0 % 28,6 % – 05,4 % – 014,7 %

Sports

Until the opening of O2 World Hamburg in 2002, the Alsterdorfer Sporthalle was the largest indoor sports venue in Hamburg, serving also as a hall for concerts, trade fairs and others.

Transportation
View of the state police school.

Alsterdorf is serviced by the rapid transit system of the underground railway . According to the Department of Motor Vehicles (Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt), in the quarter were 4,847 private cars registered (377 cars/1000 people).[6]

Notes
  1. "Bevölkerung in Hamburg am 31.12.2020" (PDF). Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein. 23 April 2021.
  2. Daniel Boffey (2023-03-10). "Hamburg police were tipped off about gunman, but did not take his weapon". The Guardian. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  3. Residents registration office, source: statistical office Nord of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (2006)
  4. Source: statistical office Nord of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (1999)
  5. State Investigation Bureaux (Landeskriminalamt), source: statistical office Nord of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (2006)
  6. Source: statistical office Nord of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (2006)

References

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